Ship appears on surface but not on map then lockup!

[Reece]

This ship is definitely the NCL_Fiji, I don't come across capital ships often, maybe this is why!! In post #3 I mentioned the NCA_Northampton was an addon, only 3 ships have been added & the EnglishNames.cfg file updated to suit! I have them installed with JSGME, I will disable and try again, although a load from mid patrol may not show anything! Please note that I edited a previous post to include this, you may not have seen it:

One other important thing, all hydraphones lines are there for all ships including DD's but not to the cruiser.

Secondarily, after comparing Fiji and Southampton skins included in version 1.03, it would indeed appear to be a Southampton cruiser.

I checked the museum & shows this to have sloping funnels:

And the Fiji class:

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Originally Posted by sergbuto

And even then, I can think of a few cases when this kind of checker tools may not help.

Absolutely. Nothing is impervious to the unseen.


@ Reece

No worries. Just reporting what I found that seem to suggest to the contrary is all.

I'm a little puzzled about the usage of 1.03, but that's up to you of course.

Problem is that we don't really have a support mechanism in place for 1.03 nowadays. Every ship in the stable has undergone a number of changes in GWX 2.0 and naturally our focus has shifted to the new/updated data.

[Reece]

Oh I'm just using 1.03 till the patch is released because of the bugs, no I'm not whinging, just being patient!!
1.03 has been very stable, this is the first problem but not sure what it is, maybe a once only glitch, but as I said I don't come across many capital ships to do a compare! I did try copying both the stock & GWX2 NCL_Fiji folder & contents (as JSGME) but both times the problem was the same!

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Originally Posted by Reece

Oh I'm just using 1.03 till the patch is released because of the bugs, no I'm not whinging, just being patient!!
1.03 has been very stable, this is the first problem but not sure what it is, maybe a once only glitch, but as I said I don't come across many capital ships to do a compare! I did try copying both the stock & GWX2 NCL_Fiji folder & contents (as JSGME) but both times the problem was the same!

Just an FYI, the only confirmed stability issue we found with 2.0 has already seen a patch release. (armed trawler patch... can be found on our website) No other matter that we've followed up on (and there's been loads of dead-ends that we've chased) has proven to be a game-stopper. If anything, 2.0 would seem to be more stable than 1.03 considering everything that we've sifted through since release.

Most problem reports with 2.0 have stemmed from improper implimentation. (typically incomplete uninstalls followed by reinstallation of SH3+GWX, stock SH3 limitations that we haven't touched, Windows Vista implimentation matters, or mod conflicts) We went through similar phases with every release we've done. (Minus Windows Vista support matters.) String them together and it can certainly generate the impression that there is something deeper going on when there isn't.

Apart from the armed trawler matter, virtually the entire 2.1 build is pretty much only adjustments/refinements.

Apologies if I hijacked your thread. 2.0 really is the better of the two and is much easier for us to help you with if something needs tracking.

[Reece]

Thanks Kpt. Lehmann, I had a few CTD's (which maybe something else) & a small ship that refused to sink no matter what I threw at it, went back hours later still there half submerged!
Ok just a quick update again on this problem hoping that someone may know what this is:
As I was saying once locked, the ship then appears on the map, what I have since noticed is that if I lower the scope all ships are replaced by the hydraphone lines, which is normal, except for the Fiji, it's still showing the ship icon though it very slowly fades out but is not replaced with the hydraphone lines, when raising the scope all ships appear again except the damn Fiji, unless ofcourse, I lock on to it!!
This is most frustrating, hopefully some kind soul will say "I know what that is!" .. well, here's hoping!!

[bigboywooly]

What other ships are in the convoy\TF ?

[Reece]

Well it's dark but medium & large cargos, small freighters etc and I think 4 escorts, the front is a frigate, here is a shot of layout, you can see where the cruiser is supposed to be, yes I have the contacts & tails on, sometimes I play this way, depends on what I am working on!

This is after locking on the cruiser then lowering scope:

Hope this helps!